in good part

Idioms  

1. take in good part . Accept good-naturedly or with good grace; without taking offense. For example, She took her brother's teasing in good part . [Mid-1500s]

2. Mostly, to a great extent, as in Their failure is in good part the result of poor management . Also see for the most part .

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Example Sentences

No signatory, again other than North Korea, has gone that route, in good part because they recognize the gist of Kennedy’s cautions about the “Nth country problem”—and, in the case of America’s allies, because they have trusted, or at least felt it’s useful to feign trusting, our “nuclear umbrella.”

From Slate

Historians and sociologists say the scale of these trips is unusual in recent history, owing in good part to the geography of the conflict in Ukraine, where vast swathes of territory remain relatively safe and are accessible from the rest of mainland Europe.

From Seattle Times

By the time Clinton ran for president in 1992, he’d built an extensive network of California connections — in politics, business, Hollywood — thanks in good part to the doors opened by Shearer, Kantor and two fellow Arkansans, Harry Thomason and his wife, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who’d moved to California to pursue a career in television production.

From Los Angeles Times

That’s in good part because they also allowed the Thunder 35 points in the period.

From Seattle Times

That’s in good part because they also allowed the Thunder 35 points in the period.

From Washington Times